About Tim Burt

Saturday, October 03, 2015

If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6
feet by 8 feet and is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its
ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard
always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without
space to run, as is its habit, it will not even attempt to fly, but will remain
a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.

The ordinary bat that flies
around at night, a remarkably nimble creature in the air, cannot take off from
a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is
shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight
elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes
off like a flash.

A bumblebee, if dropped
into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It
never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some
way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none
exists, until it completely destroys itself.

In many ways, there are
lots of people like the buzzard, the bat, and the bumblebee. They are
struggling about with all their problems and frustrations, not ever realizing
that the answer is right there "Above" them.

Psalms 5:3 “My voice shall you hear in the morning, O
LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto you, and will look up.”